Mystery military man's salute appreciated

6:35 PM,
Jun. 12, 2014

Dalton Borchardt lives in Haughton

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Dalton R. Borchardt
Guest Columnist

On a beautiful day to honor the fallen heroes on the 70th anniversary of "D-Day," we had friends visit us from south of Atlanta, Georgia. We met them at Denny's at 0800 hours in Bossier City for breakfast as they were traveling through on their way to Mount Rushmore.

Our friendship started a long time ago in Hawaii, when both wives named Linda were young friends. Both Carl (10-year Marine) and I (26-year Air Force) were Vietnam veterans, having an assignment to Hawaii, where we met the two Linda's and married them.

On this morning we were enjoying our breakfast, when almost halfway through eating, ...